Course Syllabus

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Mr. Tim Horton                                  

Email: hortont@wellesleyps.org 

                                  Latin 4/5 Syllabus 

Salve! Welcome to Latin 4/5! This course will explore the works of the Roman poet Ovid, and, time permitting, a speech by the Roman Orator Cicero. 

Unit I:

Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader (LaFleur).

• • • Daedalus et Icarus 
    • Pyramus et Thisbe
    • Orpheus et Euridice

Unit II

• • An Ovid Reader (by Ovid, edited by Gillingham & Baade and published by Charles E. Merrill) 
    • Midas
    • Diluvium
    • De Roma Condita (Romulus and Remus)
    • De Vita Ovidii
    • De Ultima Nocte Ovidi Romae
    • Arion et Delphin
    • Apollo et Daphne 
    • Baucis et Philemon

Unit III

• Cicero’s First Catilinarian. A speech against Catiline, who attempted a coup during the late Roman Republic.